As I drove home from an errand tonight, I scanned through the AM radio spectrum, as I am wont to do when not in the mood for the late-night fare on the local NPR stations, and do not desire to listen to any CDs.
AM radio is great at night, because it bounces all over the place. It was a bit overcast, but not enough to pick up random channels from who-knows-where. I remember listening to a Nevada radio station while driving through South Dakota once.
The radio show I listened to was Sean Hannity, whose site I'll prefer not to link to. The caller's name was also Sean -- or was it Shawn? He dropped the name "Tony Snow" in the context of Snow being Sean and Shawn's mutual buddy. Before continuing to a "discussion" about the viability of Newt Gingrich as a Republican presidential candidate, Shawn also mentioned that yesterday and today were both "beautiful days".
"But", he said, they always remind him of 9/11. Because it was "the most beautiful day, and then it happened."
I wouldn't know how to take that if someone said it directly to me.
Personally, I like to subscribe to the Refuse to be terrorized mindset. From that page, Bruce Schneier writes:
Imagine for a moment what would have happened if they had blown up 10 planes. There would be canceled flights, chaos at airports, bans on carry-on luggage, world leaders talking tough new security measures, political posturing and all sorts of false alarms as jittery people panicked. To a lesser degree, that's basically what's happening right now.
Our politicians help the terrorists every time they use fear as a campaign tactic...
One way I like to view beautiful days as is a reminder of the beauty of our planet's life of dependence on the sun.
I wonder if Shawn truly lives his life in the manner that he had claimed to. If so, I sure feel sorry for him.
